The Policy Process and Organizational Form

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ID6330787
AuthorsJohn M Bryson (0000-0001-8439-6054, University of Minnesota, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume12
Issue3
Pages445-463
Publication date1984-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0072.1984.tb00320.x
OpenAlexW2024353602
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited11

In this paper the transactions cost approach (TCA) is used to define organizations and to predict their forms under certain conditions. Next, Aaron Wildavsky's approach is used to define the policy process and to predict its form in particular organizations. Two assertions follow: namely, that the most efficient organizational form may be predicted from knowledge of underlying transactions costs, and that the form of the policy process in an organization can be predicted from knowledge of the organization's form (regardless of whether it is the most efficient form). Recent natural gas policy in the U.S.A. is used to illustrate these propositions, and several conclusions are offered about 1) the potential applicability of the TCA to the public sector and to the policy process and 2) about the potential applicability of Wildavsky's version of the policy process to differing organizational forms

Business · Knowledge management · Process (computing · Process management · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Computer Science · Economic, financial, and policy analysis · Natural Resources and Economic Development

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